Quintiq announced that Olli Kämäräinen and Markus Malinen will lead the new unit. Olli Kämäräinen has 15 years of business consultancy, management and academic expertise in optimization algorithms. Markus Malinen has 20 years of logistics, ICT, sales and R&D management expertise in the steel industry. Together the pair will oversee the new Quintiq entity, based out of Vantaa, as co-Business Unit Directors.

“Our global expansion continues at an increasing rate and having a dedicated business in Finland made sense to create new capacity for growth and to provide support to customers in the region,” said Arjen Heeres, Chief Operating Officer of Quintiq. “I am delighted to have the experience and expertise of both Markus and Olli leading this new unit.”

“Quintiq has proven its ability to solve the world’s most complex planning puzzles,” said Olli Kämäräinen. “I look forward to working closely with customers in the region and offering the world’s best SCP&O solutions to drive value for businesses throughout the Nordic and Baltic markets.”

Quintiq’s supply chain planning and optimization (SCP&O) platform enables enterprises to improve efficiency at every stage of the supply chain journey. Established in 1997, Quintiq has a global presence with dual headquarters in the Netherlands and the USA, a global development center in Malaysia, and offices around the world.